Hollywood Heavyweights

In order to play unhinged Private Leonard "Gomer Pyle" Lawrence in Stanley Kubrick's "Full Metal Jacket," the actor gained a whole Hollywood starlet in weight -- 70 pounds of flab for the 1987 film. His record still stands today. Warner Bros/Courtesy Everett Collection

In order to play unhinged Private Leonard "Gomer Pyle" Lawrence in Stanley Kubrick's "Full Metal Jacket," the actor gained a whole Hollywood starlet in weight -- 70 pounds of flab for the 1987 film. His record still stands today. Warner Bros/Courtesy Everett Collection